Duchenne muscular dystrophy occurs when that gene fails ... These may include: Muscle biopsy. A small piece of muscle tissue is removed and examined to confirm the diagnosis or rule out another ...

Patient advocate Austin Leclaire, who died Feb. 1, played a pivotal role in spurring the development of the first medicines ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic condition that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting. It is an X-linked recessive disorder that occurs due to changes in the DMD gene ...

Evan McMenamin said his brother Travis, "never lets it get him down" despite the "incredible challenges" he faces ...

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals’ Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) drug has improved the amount of blood pumped by the heart, ...

While the last decade has brought considerable progress for patients with DMD, substantial unmet need remains. Several ...

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a rare progressive disorder. People with DMD are missing muscle-protecting protein. This is due to a fault in the gene producing dystrophin. Muscles to become ...

Contrary to prior data, this study shows that neither eosinophils nor STAT6-mediated IL-4/IL-13 signaling contribute ...

We hypothesize that Duchenne muscular dystrophy and autism spectrum disorder/pervasive developmental disorder co-occur with a greater than random frequency. In this study, we set out to reject the ...

Muscular Dystrophy (MD) is a genetic condition causing progressive muscle weakness and complications in vital organs. Early diagnosis, multidisciplinary care, and emerging treatments like gene therapy ...

What Is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Muscular dystrophies are a ... your child might have other symptoms, including: The muscle problems can cause cramps at times, but in general, DMD isn ...

The prevalence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy is 1 in 35,000 males. [12] The prevalence of pervasive developmental disorder in the male population is 1.6 in 1000, approximately four times more ...